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Sunday, 11 May 2014

Pesarattu / Moong Dal Dosa / Hesaru Kaalina Dose

Pesarattu, traditional Andhra Pradesh dish is prepared mainly with green gram. Sometimes little rice is added for crispness. Green gram is soaked, ground with spices and without fermenting it is prepared like dosa... Its a cooling agent so its best breakfast for summer too.. to keep body cool for the entire day. Pesarattu can be served with any chutney but It is usually paired with Allam Pachhadi (ginger chutney). To make this a special pesarattu sometimes people add a ladleful of upma into the dosa as stuffing. Both ways it tastes DELICIOUS!

Ingredients for Pesarattu/Moong Dal Dosa/Hesaru Kaalina Dose:

Whole Green gram – 1 Cup

Rice – 1/2 Cup

Cumin seeds – 1 table spoon

Green chilli – 3 no

Onion – 1 small one

Cilantro – 1/4 Cup

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Asafetida – generous pinch

Salt – as per taste

Water – to make a smooth batter

Oil – for making dosa

To prepare Pesarattu/Moong Dal Dosa/Hesaru Kaalina Dose:

1. Soak both Moong dal and rice together for overnight.2. Grind both dals and rice with ginger, green chillies, onion, salt, cilantro with required amount of water.

3. The batter will be coarse and you can adjust the thickness to your preference, not making it too watery. I prefer spongier pesarattu so keep my batter a bit on the thicker side - more thicker than regular dosa batter.

4. Heat a tawa and spread one ladle-full of batter into a dosa. Spread it thinner for a crisper version, it's entirely up to you. Drizzle with some oil and spread the minced onions on top (if using) cover it and cook. Turn the dosa and cook without covering.

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I’m Savitha and I live in Singapore with my husband and two beautiful daughters.

I love to experiment with cooking, therefore started a blog post to share my recipes direct from my kitchen where I spend long time. I have fond memories of eating wonderful food especially Karnataka and Andhra cousins. Please do leave a comment or like on social networking sites like FB & Google+ if you like my blog post.